CVE-Katalog
CVE-2017-9079
dropbear: CVE-2017-9079
- Schweregrad
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.31% · Oct 22, 2026
Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dropbear | sid | 2026.94-1 | fixed |
| Debian | dropbear | forky | 2026.94-1 | fixed |
| Debian | dropbear | trixie | 2025.89-1~deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | dropbear | trixie-security | 2025.89-1~deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | dropbear | bookworm | 2022.83-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| Alpine | dropbear | 3.4 | 2017.75-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | dropbear | 3.5 | 2017.75-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dropbear | 16.04 | 2014.65-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dropbear | 16.04 | 2015.68-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dropbear | 16.04 | 2015.70-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dropbear | 16.04 | 2015.71-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dropbear | 16.04 | 2016.72-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dropbear | source | sid | 2016.74-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [862970] |
| Debian | dropbear | source | forky | 2016.74-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [862970] |
| Debian | dropbear | source | trixie | 2016.74-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [862970] |
| Debian | dropbear | source | bookworm | 2016.74-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [862970] |
| Alpine | dropbear | apk | 3.4 | 2017.75-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-9079 | Not reported |
| Alpine | dropbear | apk | 3.5 | 2017.75-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-9079 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Die Paketzuordnung läuft.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [dropbear]Unbekannt
Details (2)
2022.83-1+deb12u3· all · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
2022.83-1+deb12u3· all · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
- [dropbear-bin]Unbekannt
Quellpaket: [dropbear]
Details (2)
2022.83-1+deb12u3· amd64 · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
2022.83-1+deb12u3· arm64 · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
- [dropbear-initramfs]Unbekannt
Quellpaket: [dropbear]
Details (2)
2022.83-1+deb12u3· all · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
2022.83-1+deb12u3· all · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
- [dropbear-run]Unbekannt
Quellpaket: [dropbear]
Details (2)
2022.83-1+deb12u3· all · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
2022.83-1+deb12u3· all · bookwormBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · bookworm; dsa · dropbear · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [dropbear]Unbekannt
Details (4)
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixieBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixieBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixie-securityBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixie-securityBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
- [dropbear-bin]Unbekannt
Quellpaket: [dropbear]
Details (4)
2025.89-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixie-securityBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
- [dropbear-initramfs]Unbekannt
Quellpaket: [dropbear]
Details (4)
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixieBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixieBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixie-securityBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
2025.89-1~deb13u1· all · trixie-securityBehoben · Behoben:
2016.74-5dsa · dropbear · debian · 13
Beobachtet:
Referenzen
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9079]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9079]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-948-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9079]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]